Bill Hagen (billha@ionet.net)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:00:33 -0500 (CDT)
Reed writes,
Is there a consensus among Rara-avians that Race
Williams was the
>first PI? Did Daley's work pre-date Hammett's (I'm
going back to my
>reference works)?
According to Ron Goulart, in The Dime Detectives, Daly was
first, but only by a few months: May 15, 1923 of Black Mask,
as opposed to the first Op story in the Oct. 1, 1923 issue.
Daly's initial outing was with a detective called Three Gun
Terry Mack, who I guess would be the first of the new breed
of detective (haven't read the story, myself). Then Race
Williams showed up in the June 1 issue, a special issue
devoted to the activities of the KKK.
Bill Hagen
<billha@ionet.net>
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